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Scott Mitchell

Scott Mitchell's blog about writing.

Scott On Writing | 22 Nov 2011 01:11

Using Templates to Display Boolean Values as Yes/No OptionsSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....One of ASP.NET MVC’s most useful features is its powerful templating system. Templates were introduced with ASP.NET MVC 2 as a way to have the view render either a display- or editing-related user interface for the entire model or for a property of..."
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Scott On Writing | 30 Sep 2011 16:16

Searching SQL Server Stored Procedure and Trigger TextSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....While I like to consider myself a web developer, every now and then I have to put on my DBA hat to address some SQL related issue. This little script has saved my butt more than once. It searches the text of triggers, UDFs, stored procedures and..."
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Scott On Writing | 15 Sep 2011 18:19

ASP.NET Training in San Diego on Saturday, September 24thSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....On Saturday September 24th I’ll be doing two four-hour ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor training events in San Diego: Getting Started with ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor – (8 AM to Noon) - This four hour morning class introduces ASP.NET MVC 3 and the new Razor..."
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Scott On Writing | 18 Aug 2011 04:28

Full Day ASP.NET MVC 3 Training Event in Los Angeles on August 27th, 2011Subscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....In conjunction with the Los Angeles .NET Developer's Group I will be presenting a full day, hands-on lab/presentation/training event on ASP.NET MVC 3 Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices on Saturday, August 27th. The event is a 8 hour training with..."
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Scott On Writing | 24 Jun 2011 23:21

Creating a Currency Masked TextBox with On-the-Fly Currency FormattingSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....By default, a user can enter any character into a textbox. Masked textboxes help reduce user input error by limiting what characters a user can type into a textbox. Masked textboxes have been a standard user input element in desktop applications for..."
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Scott On Writing | 20 Jun 2011 19:52

A Synchronized Visual Studio CrashSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....About month ago at a user group meeting the guy sitting across from me shared the tale of a talk he had attended. The speaker’s laptop had downloaded a slew of Windows Updates in the background, after which the “Restart your computer to finish..."
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Scott On Writing | 07 Jun 2011 23:10

Export an ADO.NET DataTable to Excel using NPOISubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....My latest article on DotNetSlackers looks at how to create Excel spreadsheets using NPOI. NPOI is a free, open-source .NET library for creating and reading Excel spreadsheets and is a port of the Java POI library. In the article I show how to use..."
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Scott On Writing | 12 May 2011 16:57

Full Day ASP.NET MVC 3 Training Event in Los Angeles on May 21st, 2011Subscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....In conjunction with the Los Angeles .NET Developer's Group I will be presenting a full day, hands-on lab and training event on ASP.NET MVC 3 on Saturday, May 21st. The event is a 8 hour training with breakfast and lunch served. Attendees are asked..."
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Scott On Writing | 18 Apr 2011 17:46

Terse Markup and CSS for Aligned Form Labels and InputsSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....Like many ASP.NET developers, I am most comfortable working with C# and VB. I know just enough HTML and CSS to be dangerous. I know enough to implement the overarching page layout without using <table>s and instead to use CSS to position,..."
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Scott On Writing | 29 Mar 2011 19:32

I’ve Written My Last Article for 4GuysFromRollaSubscribe to this feed

Scott Mitchell writes "....Warning! This blog post is long and rife with navel-gazing. In 1998 I started an ASP resource site, 4GuysFromRolla.com. Toward the tail end of the dotcom boom I sold 4Guys to Internet.com, but continued working as the editor and primary contributor..."
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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) Got an Entity Framework question on efficient counts of children records - might you know the answer? http://t.co/oIQFruxc 66 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) Check out the HTTP response headers at @zappos. E.g., X-Core-Value: 8. Do More With Less. And even a recruitment pitch HTTP header! :-) 127 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) Blogged: ASP.NET Training in San Diego on Saturday, September 24th - http://t.co/Ty5oLr19 142 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) @bleroy, backup to the cloud. I use Carbonite, but Mozy or JungleDisk+Amazon S3 also work well. 147 days ago from Twitter for iPhone

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) I'm teaching two ASP.NET MVC 3 training classes in San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 24th. Sign up early and save - http://t.co/Ppjmc2F 149 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) @AngryPets Great, now you've got Johnny Cash spinning in his grave. 159 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) I'm teaching two ASP.NET MVC 3 training classes in San Diego on Saturday, Sept. 24th. Sign up early and save - http://t.co/MU3Bspq 159 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) @SimonaClapan @LADOTNET Thanks for attending! If you have any feedback or constructive criticism, lemme know - mitchell@fuzzylogicinc.net 161 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) Thanks to everyone who attended my ASP.NET MVC training event in LA today - http://t.co/gMA6eR2! Hoping @latdotnet has me do this one again 161 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) I'm giving a full day talk on ASP.NET MVC 3 tips, tricks, and best practices on Saturday, August 27th in LA - http://t.co/DdfdrJm 172 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) I'm speaking at the San Diego .NET Developers Group TONIGHT starting at 7 PM. Topic: ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor - http://t.co/u132usG 186 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) I'll be speaking at the San Diego .NET Developers Group tomorrow, Tuesday the 2nd, on ASP.NET MVC 3 and Razor - http://t.co/u132usG 187 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) Hello, 2001. Windows XP still powers nearly 60% of corporate desktops - http://t.co/YL9DJv0 187 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) @shanselman I'm surprised you haven't built your own HTPC. 224 days ago from web

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Scott Mitchell (ScottOnWriting) @jongalloway I'm looking forward to it, see you tomorrow, Jon. And there's always plenty to learn for everyone (except maybe ScottGu). :-) 225 days ago from web